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01-23-21, 02:54 PM
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Bike Forum insider jokes and jargon
There are some things that get posted here now and then that people who just started posting in the BF C&V section probably have no clue what we're talking about. Here's a place for secret decoder ring lingo can be posted.
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01-23-21, 02:56 PM
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Grant Petersen references
Savings and Loan: Rivendell
George Bailey: Grant Petersen
Rivendell has asked it's customers at least twice to help bail them out when they've had a cash crunch, just as happened in It's a Wonderful Life
George Bailey: Grant Petersen
Rivendell has asked it's customers at least twice to help bail them out when they've had a cash crunch, just as happened in It's a Wonderful Life
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01-23-21, 03:03 PM
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Local Portlandia stuff
The Neal Lerner Invitational route: Back in 2017 BF C&V regular @nlerner made a visit to Portland on some academia scam (not that there's anything wrong with that), so we put together a ride with many PNW members, some coming as far away as Seattle to meet up. @Andy_K and I have done this route so many times we just call it a "Lerner".
More insider info: if you invite Neal to a ride, you're almost guaranteed it won't rain. In the picture above it had rained on and off for 57 days in the Portland, Oregon area. That day was the first full day of sunshine for the year.
More insider info: if you invite Neal to a ride, you're almost guaranteed it won't rain. In the picture above it had rained on and off for 57 days in the Portland, Oregon area. That day was the first full day of sunshine for the year.
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01-23-21, 03:07 PM
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The Bent fork picture...
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Drew
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Fenders protect you from tire splatter. Mudguards protect you from tyre splatter.
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01-23-21, 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by jdawginsc
The Bent fork picture...
Originally Posted by cb400bill
Drew
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Originally Posted by gugie
if you invite Neal to a ride, you're almost guaranteed it won't rain. In the picture above it had rained on and off for 57 days... That day was the first full day of sunshine for the year.
01-23-21, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by gugie
Definitions, please! Links to original source if available.
Originally Posted by jdawginsc
The Bent fork picture...
Originally Posted by cb400bill
Drew
Did I nail it?
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"Fork's bent": The fork is fine. We're just trolling.
"The fork looks bent": The fork looks bent.
"The fork looks bent": The fork looks bent.
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Dial it up to 400 watts.
Massive guads.
https://www.bikeforums.net/road-cycl...ike-lance.html
70-11
https://www.bikeforums.net/general-c...s-70t-pic.html
Massive guads.
https://www.bikeforums.net/road-cycl...ike-lance.html
70-11
https://www.bikeforums.net/general-c...s-70t-pic.html
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Originally Posted by southpawboston
I've been away from C&V for a while (as I've becomevmore C&V myself) so the lingo may have evolved but I'll take a stab-- To 'drew' is to grind off unused frame features and braze-ons, e.g., shifter cable stops, derailleur hanger, etc... Used derogatorily and/or to infer diminished value of the frame for doing so. And the 'bent fork' refers to the unexplained visual phenomenon of perfectly aligned forks appearing bent rearward in photographs, as if having been in a crash, thus the critical comments of "bent fork" that inevitably ensue...
Did I nail it?
Did I nail it?
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Quote: southpawboston
I've been away from C&V for a while (as I've becomevmore C&V myself) so the lingo may have evolved but I'll take a stab-- To 'drew' is to grind off unused frame features and braze-ons, e.g., shifter cable stops, derailleur hanger, etc... Used derogatorily and/or to infer diminished value of the frame for doing so.
Originally Posted by cb400bill View Post
Drew
Drew
01-23-21, 05:00 PM
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i ain't touchin this one.
1 man's insider, might not be another's funny.
Pass.
edit: or for the JARGON part
maybe things like?
The difference between:
refurbish,
refinish
restoration
High end
mid-range
low end
BSO
Classic
Vintage
Junk
Holy Grail
cheapo copies
fat & flat is the new fast
thin and hard makes you tired faster
1 man's insider, might not be another's funny.
Pass.
edit: or for the JARGON part
maybe things like?
The difference between:
refurbish,
refinish
restoration
High end
mid-range
low end
BSO
Classic
Vintage
Junk
Holy Grail
cheapo copies
fat & flat is the new fast
thin and hard makes you tired faster
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Originally Posted by gugie
There are some things that get posted here now and then that people who just started posting in the BF C&V section probably have no clue what we're talking about. Here's a place for secret decoder ring lingo can be posted.
And I can't remember the term many use for screwing up something while repairing it...poop...age hurts.
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01-23-21, 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Wildwood
BSO
Originally Posted by jdawginsc
Gugification?
There's also UJB - Ubiquitous Japanese Bike, referring to the general broad abundance of high quality but otherwise unremarkable Japanese bikes from the 70s-80s.
Also gas pipe - cheap thick-steel tubing.
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Gugificazione! (Note the all important exclamation mark.)
Definition: from Italian. General term for bike modifications performed by Mark Guglielmana. Bike is typically older, but always steel framed. Custom racks are a common characteristic.
Example:
Definition: from Italian. General term for bike modifications performed by Mark Guglielmana. Bike is typically older, but always steel framed. Custom racks are a common characteristic.
Example:
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Originally Posted by southpawboston
Or The Full Gugie?
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Originally Posted by jdawginsc
Gugification? I think I spelled it wrong.
And I can't remember the term many use for screwing up something while repairing it...poop...age hurts.
And I can't remember the term many use for screwing up something while repairing it...poop...age hurts.
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Originally Posted by cb400bill
Drew
Originally Posted by southpawboston
I've been away from C&V for a while (as I've becomevmore C&V myself) so the lingo may have evolved but I'll take a stab-- To 'drew' is to grind off unused frame features and braze-ons, e.g., shifter cable stops, derailleur hanger, etc... Used derogatorily and/or to infer diminished value of the frame for doing so. And the 'bent fork' refers to the unexplained visual phenomenon of perfectly aligned forks appearing bent rearward in photographs, as if having been in a crash, thus the critical comments of "bent fork" that inevitably ensue...
Did I nail it?
Did I nail it?
Originally Posted by Vintage_Cyclist
I have a vague recollection of the term 'Drew' matching this definition and being hung with that title, because of a forum poster named Drew, who had posted some single speed mutilation atrocity he committed on a frame.
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DKO flipper (archaic)
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$3.50: the automatic value of any bike that makes its way out of the valuation sub forum.
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Originally Posted by canklecat
"Fork's bent": The fork is fine. We're just trolling.
"The fork looks bent": The fork looks bent.
"The fork looks bent": The fork looks bent.
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Originally Posted by southpawboston
I've been away from C&V for a while (as I've becomevmore C&V myself)...
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